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They take nutrients in through the leaves too and also the fertiliser will diffuse into the substrate so you really don't need to do this. In fact adding concentrated salts (as that's mainly what these fertilisers are - various salts containing nitrate, phosphate and other trace elements) in a...
Phosphate doesn't cause algae. I've kept planted tanks for years and had to add phosphate to keep plants growing to get good growth. What type of algae do you have because each type is caused by different things and needs a different remedy? Often the cause are too much organic wastes (so you...
How about splitting the tank and having holding the leaf litter back with some bamboo canes so that half is leaf litter and half is more open? It will give a bit more swimming space for the fish as well as the deep leaf litter to try and get them breeding.
Welcome! I've kept and bred dwarfs in high tech planted tanks. Just design it so the plants will provide cover from the lights and get it nice and established before you add the cichlids and they will be fine. I'd go with the pencilfish and otos but any shoaling species will be fine. For...
Females are generally supposed to be the larger, especially in the two larger species but I agree with the post above that it's not always the best indicator, especially in species that aren't sexually dimorphic.
As we've got this little section on here now I thought I'd stick up a few pictures of my Tanganyikans. They're not the greatest photos I'm afraid but the fish are great. I've 6 of each (plus some helianthus babies of various ages) in a 180l tank (about a metre long), 3m and 3f helianthus, 4m...
Go to settings, then General settings, about halfway down is the Thread Display Options and there there's a menu for Thread Display Mode. Set it for Oldest First and it's all sorted!
Transcriptus and ornatus are smaller species whereas the regani are one of the two larger species - maybe they're just not mature yet? BTW I'm sure you know but be very careful when removing the babies or you can get a messy divorce!
I've never kept Julies though so this is just an educated...
Interesting that this is one of those translocated populations we were talking about. Has anyone else seen this behaviour in this form? Could this be a response to a new environment or is it just a fluke behaviour pattern?
Good point and it will vary species by species and even between individuals within a population. We have all seen in broods of fish that some are just more inquisitive and it would be easy to assume that those inquisitive individuals (if they don't get eaten) would wander more widely and spread...